Portable wardrobe



2 Sheets-Sheet 1. S. L. HOBART.

Wardrobe No. 9,273. Patented Sept. 21, 1852.

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mi "TED rns SETH L. HOBART, OF HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS.

PORTABLE WARDROBE.

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, S. L. HOBART, of Hingham, in the county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful lVardrobe which is Portable and Susceptible of Dismemberment, and that the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, hereinafter referred to, forms a full and eXact specification of the same, wherein I have set forth the nature and principles of my said invention, by which it may be distinguished from others of a similar class, together with such parts as I claim and desire to have secured to me by Letters Patent.

The figures of the accompanying plates of drawings represent my improvements.

In Plate 1, Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved wardrobe, with the parts put together. In Plate 2, Fig. 2 is a plan of the underside of the top piece of the wardrobe, Fig. 3 is a plan of the bottom piece, Fig. 4c is an elevation of the back piece, Fig. 5 is a similar view of one of the end pieces, Figs. 6 and 7 are end views of the top and bottom braces with their studs and Fig. 8 is a sectional view of one of the 1' oints taken in the plane of the line A B, Fig. 5.

As wardrobes have hitherto been constructed, in order to make them answer the purposes for which they are intended, it has been necessary to make them very large and unwieldy, so much so that it is often impossible to pass them through a common doorway. By my improvements a wardrobe can be made of any size, with perfectly tight joints and at the same time so constructed as to be readily taken to pieces and put together again, thus rendering it perfectly easy to transport it from one place to another.

a a a in the drawings represents the bottom 'or base of the wardrobe, which is fastened to the two end pieces (Z cZcZ (Z by the sliding bolts 6, b, which fit into suitable sockets j, 7', formed in the said end pieces.

0 c c is the top of the wardrobe and is fastened to the end pieces d cZ-d (Z in the same manner as the base, a a a, by means of the sliding bolts 7), I), which fit into sockets j, j. 1

d cZcZ cl are the two end pieces, which are secured to the back piece 6 ee e by the notched studs, f, f, f, f, which fit into the metallic sockets g, g, &c., the notched studs f, f, &c., which are beveled, being first inserted into the circular apertures of said sockets and then pressed down, as shown in Fig. 8, Pl. 2, the effect of which will be to draw the back and end pieces firmly together and prevent any play between the same,as will readily be seen by inspection of the drawings. The top and bottom braces 71, h-h h are secured to the end pieces in a similar manner by means. of the studs 7, &c., in the ends of the braces and the sockets g g", &c., in the top and bottom of the end pieces. The doors 2' 'z' *5 can also be taken ofi", be'ing placed on suitable hinges 70, is, &c. By the above described arrangement it will be seen that the wardrobe can be entirely dismembered, so as to render it portable, while at the same time when it is put together all the parts are firmly held and drawn together, so as to prevent any play.

Having thus described my improved wardrobe I shall state my claim as follows: WVhat I claim as my invention and desire to have secured to me by Letters Patent is A Wardrobe susceptible of dismemberment, with the parts held together by means of the sliding bolts Z), which fit into sockets j, j, and the notched studs f, f, which fit into the grooves g, g, the top piece preventing the back from slipping by the bolts Z) 5, and the sides being prevented from slipping by the projecting pieces Z Z Z Z, which press the braces h, it forward and keep the studs f f pressed forward, as

above described.

SETH L. HOBART. Witnesses:

J osnrn GAVETT, EZRA LINcoLN. 

